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ROY GARLAND RUBIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1949 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRoy Garland Rubin, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 75
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 75
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- MARVIN JAMES ROBERTSCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ALVIN CLAYTON SCHULTEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.